At the time I write, the glory of the truffle has now reached its culmination. Who would dare to say that he has been at a dinner where there was not a piรจce truffรฉe? Who has not felt his mouth water in hearing truffles a la provencale spoken of? In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinIn the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinThe centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinI appreciate the potato only as a protection against famine, except for that, I know of nothing more eminently tasteless.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin